WJosef “Sepp” Allgeier was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg. In 1913 he filmed newsreels in the Balkans. He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television. His son is the cinematographer Hans-Jörg Allgeier.
WStefan Arndt is a German film producer and managing partner of X-Filme Creative Pool, which he started with fellow friends Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy. X-Filme is one of Germany's most prosperous and famous production companies. Arndt produces many X Filme productions and acts as head manager of the company. He produced the films Cloud Atlas, Alone in Berlin and Frantz.
WRoma Bahn (1896–1975) was a German stage and film actress. On stage she was notable for her performances as Polly in the original 1928 production of The Threepenny Opera. In cinema she played supporting roles in films made during the Weimar and Nazi eras.
WAlfred Bittins was a German film producer and production manager. He also co-directed the 1959 film Jenny.
WHeinrich Bolten-Baeckers (1871–1938) was a German playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer. He worked on a number of films during the silent era. Towards the end of his film career he directed comedies for UFA such as The Gentleman Without a Residence and The Second Mother.
WThomas Engel (1922–2015) was a German screenwriter and director of film and television. He was the son of director Erich Engel.
WHarry Fischbeck (1879–1968) was a German-born cinematographer who emigrated to the United States where he worked in the American film industry. He was employed by a variety of different studios during his career including Universal, United Artists and Warner Brothers, but primarily for Paramount Pictures. One of his first credits was for the historical The Lincoln Cycle films directed by John M. Stahl.
WFritz Genschow was a German actor, film director and screenwriter.
WFrank Griebe is a German cinematographer.
WAlfred Hirschmeier was a German production designer. In 1995, he was a member of the jury at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.
WMichael Hofmann is a German film director.
WJudith Kaufmann is a German cinematographer.
WDieter Kosslick is a German film critic, journalist and researcher. He was the fourth director of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) from 1 May 2001, when he took over from Moritz de Hadeln, until 2019.
WHans Kratzert is a German screenwriter and film director. Kratzert was born in Heerwegen in the Province of Silesia during the Second World War. He was part of the mass emigration of Germans westward following Nazi Germany's defeat during the war. Kratzert's family settled in the Soviet-occupied territory that became East Germany, where he grew up.
WNikolai Malikoff was a Russian-Ukrainian film director and actor who worked mainly as a film director in Russia, and later as an actor in Germany.
WMarie-Christin "Friedel" Morgenstern also known by her stage name Friedel Morgenstern is a German voice actress, film and television actress. She has dubbed for more than 300 films in her career spanning from 2005 and has also acted in few films and television series. Her elder sister Lydia Morgenstern is also a voice actress. She adopted using Friedel as the stage name following her breakthrough in her dubbing career.
WMax Pfeiffer was a Russian-born German film producer.
WFranz Rauch was a German screenwriter and actor. He began his career as a stage actor and worked as a screenwriter on over forty films during his career and appeared in several roles as an actor.
WHelmut Ringelmann was a German film and television producer.
WJakob Schäuffelen is a German film director and screenwriter.
WHubert Schonger (1897–1978) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He began his career working on documentaries, but in the late 1930s switched to producing animated films.
WPetra Seeger is a German documentary film director and producer.
WRobert Thalheim is a German stage and film director and screenwriter.
WGyula Trebitsch was a German film producer born in Budapest, Hungary. He was nominated in 1956 for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film along with Walter Koppel for their film The Captain of Kopenick.
WJost Vacano, BVK is a retired German cinematographer. He was the cinematographer of Das Boot and he also worked together with director Paul Verhoeven on seven films, including RoboCop and Total Recall. He was also the cinematographer for The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum which he considers his favorite of his own films due to its timeless political message.